From ACLU’s blog: …. it’s an unfortunate fact that many school districts wrongly believe that if a student is in trouble for a minor offense, they have the right to conduct a fishing expedition in order to find evidence of other wrongdoing. Regardless of whether or not a student is permitted to have a phone…
Category: Court
IRS e-mail snoop’s wiretap conviction upheld
Bruce Vielmetti reports on the decision referred to in an earlier blog entry here today: David Szymuszkiewicz of Cudahy worked for the IRS in Racine. When his driver’s license was suspended over a drunken driving violaton in 2003, the veteran revenue officer worried he might lose his job. So he set his supervisor’s e-mail to forward all her e-mails…
The Perils of Interpreting Statutes With Multiple Remedial Schemes: A Comment on the Dicta in United States v. Szymuszkiewicz
You might want to wait until you’ve had your second cup of coffee before tackling this one, but Orin Kerr has an interesting blog post over on The Volokh Conspiracy that deals with how courts interpret (or misinterpret, in his opinion) statutes that have both criminal and civil components. Here’s a snippet: To understand the…
Is Sarah Palin a Computer Criminal?
Marcia Hofmann of EFF writes: Vanity Fair suggests that Sarah Palin’s distinctive voice on Facebook and Twitter is actually someone else’s. According to the article, she appears to have given a ghostwriter access to her social networking accounts to speak on her behalf: […] If Palin and her ghostwriter are in fact violating Facebook’s terms of use,…